From Andrew Sullivan, who has created a very busy beat for himself tracking Sarah Palin’s lies:
From a speech delivered at the International Bowl Expo in Las Vegas yesterday:
Palin recalled her youth when her father set pins in Idaho. “My Dad was on a Thursday night bowling league,” she said. “He bonded with his buddies. I have memories of that point of my life which mean very, very much to me.”
She must have been quite a precocious little thing because:
Palin was three months old when she left Idaho.Maybe there’s some explanation for this that I don’t know of yet. But the truth is: Palin constantly makes stuff up to appeal to whatever audience she is in front of.
Update: Here’s more that confirms that Palin said she remembered living in Idaho:
Here’s the link to the initial account from a reporter who was in the room. He wrote, “Palin recalled her youth when her father set pins in Idaho,” and that she said, “My Dad was on a Thursday night bowling league. He bonded with his buddies. I have memories of that point of my life which mean very, very much to me.”
And this is from the event host’s news release after the speech:
During her keynote speech, Palin spoke of the societal influence of bowling that spans generations of American life. Professing a personal appreciation for the bowling industry, Palin also noted that, during his high school years, her father Chuck Heath Sr. worked as a pin boy and that she herself has fond childhood memories of watching him play in this Thursday night bowling league.
Thank you for your important contribution to the Great American Debate…
We, the residents of Alaska, are wondering if there is any location in the lower 48 that would accept Sarah Palin as a citizen. She has done nothing but embarass this great place for years!
Andrew could not have been there….or he needs to take better notes. What Palin said was that “her father was a pin boy in Idaho and he made 10 cents a game.” She referenced the previous speaker who had worked as a pinboy and made seven cents a game. At no time did she use the words “I remember” when refering to her father as a pinboy. Take it from someone who WAS there. This story is bologna.
The league reference was while the family was living in Alaska. What has happend here is that the writer has lumped two quotes together when that is not at all what happened. Who’s the one lying here?
Karl, try somewhere in Arizona. You know, like where you can stand and on a clear night, see Mexico.
That’s not the only lie she told:
Alaska blogger Phil Munger yesterday left the following comment on Palingates on our “Las Vegas bowling speech” story:
“She also claimed in her speech, “There were a lot of cold nights where I’m from where after basketball games we would meet at the bowling center.”
The Wasilla bowling alley, on the Palmer-Wasilla HWY, was completed in very early 1985. Before that, there were no lanes in Wasilla. By the time the lanes were in, she had given up basketball, and was somewhere between her 2nd and 3rd college.”
http://palingates.blogspot.com/2010/07/palingates-monthly-message_01.html
Sarah Palin is lying on a daily basis, it’s part of her mental disorder.